Week 8 Shopping List

It's Wednesday, time for week 8 of your shopping tips. If you’ve been diligently reading each week and following my sage advice, you probably have yourself a pretty sweet emergency kit. So, what do we need for Week 8? It’s time for small tools to help you manage a disaster situation. Here goes:

*Scissors

*Safety Glasses

*Utility Knife/Leatherman multi-tool

*Battery operated/hand crank radio. (Don’t skimp on this. I’ve purchased a cheap one from a discount mail-order catalog that shall remain nameless and it’s a pile of junk. Don’t waste your money. You may think you’re a smart cookie for saving a few bucks now, but you’ll be more than peeved when you actually need it and it doesn’t work) Here is a link to one I would recommend.

*Extra batteries

*Flashlights and headlamps (Again, buy a decent flashlight. Don’t rely on the freebie that you got when you signed up for a checking account. I speak from experience.) Having a flashlight is great, but having a headlamp is even better. Having your hands free while you're trying to cook or do whatever is priceless! Priceless I say!

*Heavy work gloves

*Disposable dust mask (these are super cheap and will be handy if Mt. St. Helens spews some ash your way)

*Fire extinguisher (It’s best to have one on every floor of your house and a small one in your kit---also…know how to use it. It’s not really useful to have one if all you do is throw it at the fire and run away screaming)

So, this week is a little harder on the wallet. Seriously though, it will be a lot cheaper to have these all on hand now, rather than trying to beat up people at Wal-Mart when the shelves are empty after some major catastrophe. I feel like beating up people at Wal-Mart on just a normal Tuesday, so I can't imagine the stress of shopping there following a natural disaster. Perhaps I should keep my inner thoughts inner, huh....